Droid X2, preinstalled with 2.3.3 The phone belongs to a dear friend, and I've screwed it up apparently. I finally got it rooted via Visionary this morning, remarkably easy once I took the time to actually read. Quick and painless flash of Eclipse 0.5, and then onto apps, mods and 'pretties'. Well the last thing I tried to do before turning it back over to its owner, I tried to change the font. Apparently this is where I went wrong. It's been a soft brick ever since. It will load the "M Dual Core" screen, and that is absolutely it. I can navigate into recovery but whatever Nandroid I had created isn't showing up there. Please tell me there's something I can do, I've tried SBFand whatever, but I'm sure I'm not doing it right. I'd be willing to sling a few bucks your way if you were able to help get remedied. Thanks in advance. We can do text chat, or voice. I'll be home from work around 9pm Central Time. Thanks so much.
If you created a nandroid, you might not be able to find it because Eclipse 5 swaps the sd cards. Try again and you may find it in the opposite directory.
If you ate trying to this thru stock recovery (holding buttons when booting) then you won't be able to restore from there. At this point our only option is BSR, the thing you used to flash eclipse. To get there, power the phone off and then plug it into a wall charger. If it loads, you can do a wipe or restore from there.
You might also be able to wipe data from stock recovery.
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If you created a nandroid, you might not be able to find it because Eclipse 5 swaps the sd cards. Try again and you may find it in the opposite directory.
If you ate trying to this thru stock recovery (holding buttons when booting) then you won't be able to restore from there. At this point our only option is BSR, the thing you used to flash eclipse. To get there, power the phone off and then plug it into a wall charger. If it loads, you can do a wipe or restore from there.
You might also be able to wipe data from stock recovery.
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What worries me is that I have noticed that when I flash eclipse after a data wipe it seems as though I have to go use system recovery app and press install recovery first again before I can get BSR to show up again with off phone plugged in. Hope this isn't what happen to OP or else sbf is only option.
And if u r sbf make sure on ur phone u r using power and vol up to get where u need to be to sbf. And plug phone into computer AFTER opening rsdlite.
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I finally got it rooted via Visionary this morning, remarkably easy once I took the time to actually read.
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There is an app that works to root 2.3.3 on the x2 without a pc?
Edit: everything I could find easily on that visionary app says it only works on 1.7 firmware and under, and all the posts are over a year old. Not sure how he got this to work for him
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There is an app that works to root 2.3.3 on the x2 without a pc?
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I was wondering exactly same thing. If yes OP needs to post a link ASAP for testing and confirmation immediately
I think that visionary root app is what may have him in a bind at the moment... He definitely needs to post where he got it and what he read to lead him to believe it would work... His only option, IMHO, is to sbf and go from there....
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I think that visionary root app is what may have him in a bind at the moment... He definitely needs to post where he got it and what he read to lead him to believe it would work... His only option, IMHO, is to sbf and go from there....
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Oh c'mon, quit shamelessly plugging your sbf thread.
All joking aside you're probably right
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Oh c'mon, quit shamelessly plugging your sbf thread.
All joking aside you're probably right
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LOL! What you want me to post the whole tutorial for the guy here??? But can you really blame me??? I have become a full believer in SBF'ing for any issue I run into tho...
If "system recovery" is installed and "recovery mode" has been set(if only once) then a "battery pull" and a "plugging in" of the charger will trigger BSR. But not if "charge mode" was last cmd exec.
Batt pull may screw up dates when restoring, so it is best to set recov. mode each time needed.
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There is an app that works to root 2.3.3 on the x2 without a pc?
Edit: everything I could find easily on that visionary app says it only works on 1.7 firmware and under, and all the posts are over a year old. Not sure how he got this to work for him
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Yeah, no sleep for 3 days, that's why I said that. I meant to say, the Pete Souza Method. But yeah I got it all fixed with DAG425's SBF Tutorial. It was probably the easiest to wrap my mind around, well thought out tutorial.
In a side note, regretfully I seem to have fallen for the X2....sorry HTC. lol
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Ok, i'm not a noob but i'm not the best at this stuff either. i have searched for the past 3 days. Got my DX2 the other day coming from a droid incredible. Day one of the incredible i had it rooted, then had it S-off not far after.
Day one with the dx, havent done much research. Get the phone, check for system updates, it says it has an update for 2.3.3. O yay, i don't have to wait to get gb on here. woohoo. DL it while at work since i shouldn't be playing on the phone anyway.
Get home. go online to try see what i have to do to get root so i can get some screen shots going and just all around get it back to the feel of having control of my phone. see a few ways of root, all of them saying to sbf back to 2.2. Well damn, wish i hadnt updated. Ok, lets try this sbf thing.
IDK why, but it won't let me sbf. Ive tried. Several times. No dice, always says failed.
Lets keep looking. O yay, a one click method for the ota GB?!?! woohoo!! i try it....try it several times. try it more times.....WTMFHELL!!???!!!?? i got nothing. i don't know why it wont let me root it...but it wont. if anyone has any advice, any tips...anything at all, i'm all ears. i've tried sbf, i've tried the adb commands but for some reason it won't let me use adb, says java isn't in the path, cant fix it. tried one click, different variations of one click. i got nothing
build number 4.5.1a-dtn-117-15
if anyone can help me i would greatly GREATLY APPRECIATE IT
sorry for the long wind
thanks for your time
-Typhoone
There is a one click root that i just used on a freinds phone and it worked great and you don't have to do any of that sbf'ing or anything...
http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?t=3714&p=75934
http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?t=3714&p=75934&viewfull=1#post75934
not fast enough
Thats the thing, I've done that one. 2 versions of it. Said I should have root. No dice. Checked through connect bot just to see. still have the $ instead of the #. No busy box, no nothing.
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is ther an app called superuser in your app drawer with a kinda droid pirate icon?
Did you install moto drivers? Maybe its an adb problem...adb can be tricky what os are you using on computer?
Check this out...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=502010
I have it. Got excited. Tried to use drocap and it actually asked for su permissions. Gave it, won't take pic. Opened titanium backup, no root rights.
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Windows 7
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go to market and download app called busybox installer, it will give you options to what version of busybox you want...select 1.18.2 and try to install.
Won't open. Can't run, may be because it doesn't have root rights
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Maybe try to sbf to froyo 2.2 and then install P3's Rooted GB update, have you tried that?
it won't let me sbf, keep getting a failure every time i've tried.
does it try to sbf then fail? Does the phone show up in RSD?
Try a different sbf file maybe the one you have is corrupt.
WWW.k33pw1shen.WordPress.com I have all the files over there
Dx2RGB.E
The only reason I referred you there is someone commented on my page that they had tried a couple different things and mine was the only one that worked
Dx2RGB.E
tried it using a different sbf file and a different usb port on my comp and its in the process of makine me feel like it just may work.
just rebooted and
bootlooped. lol
recovery
full wipe
2.2
thanks for your help, greatly appreciated.
-ty
Glad we could help
Dx2RGB.E
i know i'm late, but are you sure you were on charging mode, i know its a bit out there but that could effect.... ALOT
Side note, none of the screen cap apps on the market work on the x2. I believe it's a tegra 2 issue.
Someone wrote an app called "Screen Grabber" for the Atrix that works perfectly on the x2.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009451
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I was trying to flash shabbys kernel and I installed the CWM Bootstrap. It went well untill It came With a message saying "fail to boot 2 starting RSD mood". I was rooted stock with Bootloader lock. Any help please?
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Flash the mr5 sbf.
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Just for others info, I believe you need a full cwm with unlocked bootloader in order to be able to flash kernels.
Yes you do. The bootstrap will only work with the P-Rom's like Laser, once you unlock bootloader you do need the custom CWM. Which is what I ended up having to install. Works good though. :]
What is the best way to flash mr5? Is there a guide? Thanks In advance
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Im glad that all the devs put up indepth guides for all of us noobs to follow along with, especially the ones where they skip steps that we all should know by this point!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1202666
Follow those steps......Then when RSD asks to manually power up the phone do a battery pull and when powering back up HOLD THE VOLUME DOWN KEY till it boots into recovery. Then scroll down with the volume down key to "boot Android (no BP)" hit the volume up key. Let it do its thing. You should be up and working again.
These are the steps I used last night to solve the EXACT SAME problem you have....My device is now working again I just have to reactivate it when I take the loaner phone back later.
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Im glad that all the devs put up indepth guides for all of us noobs to follow along with, especially the ones where they skip steps that we all should know by this point!
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Most of it is cuz us noobs want to try stupid **** to see what we can get away with. That is why I did what I did yesterday, I was about 95% sure it would cause a problem but I chose to do it anyway.
So I have a new problem after restoring my device. Now I can't install any new apps from the market.every time I get the message "can't install ____ due to insufficient space on phone" of am at work now but I an gonna try to figure this out tonight.
Every time i plugin my phone It rellano me that battery is too low to flash. How do i charge It? It turns on every time to the fail to boot message
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And I am all fixed!!
To the OP try plugging it in with the phone off for a while and see if that works for ya.
Took it to Sprint and they gave me a new phone thank you for the info.
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And I am all fixed!!
To the OP try plugging it in with the phone off for a while and see if that works for ya.
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Has anyone tried this on the X2?
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Why would we, ours works fine
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Why would we, ours works fine
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Actually it doesn't. We kinda have to work around a few of the flaws that our recovery has to get it to work "properly." If we ever got CWR, we'd have a bit easier time flashing ROMs. Plus, it's built a lot better, and is more stable.
I have it. However, If the phone is powered down, when I plug it in it boots into recovery. Turn off the phone while plugged in, and it reboots into recovery. Other than that little irritation, it works great.
"You have it' is that system recovery? On a X2? The std one?
Or do you mean the Bionic version?
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Actually it doesn't. We kinda have to work around a few of the flaws that our recovery has to get it to work "properly." If we ever got CWR, we'd have a bit easier time flashing ROMs. Plus, it's built a lot better, and is more stable.
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Maybe as you are a dev you know things I don't, but to say an official version is more stable when it doesn't exist is a stretch. The only drawback is having to plug it in. I've never had any issues flashing anything so from a USER standpoint it is fine. Your post also fails to address the original post which should probably just be answered with a 'dont use cwm unless it is the one for your phone.'
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I have it. However, If the phone is powered down, when I plug it in it boots into recovery. Turn off the phone while plugged in, and it reboots into recovery. Other than that little irritation, it works great.
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Open system recovery in app drawer and put it back in charge mode
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Open system recovery in app drawer and put it back in charge mode
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Just be careful not to do anything that might cause bootloop cause u wont be able to get into cwm by power off and plug in to restore a nandroid
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Maybe as you are a dev you know things I don't, but to say an official version is more stable when it doesn't exist is a stretch. The only drawback is having to plug it in. I've never had any issues flashing anything so from a USER standpoint it is fine. Your post also fails to address the original post which should probably just be answered with a 'dont use cwm unless it is the one for your phone.'
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I said IF we get one. From a dev standpoint, it's a little difficult to work with. We can't use all the update script commands we want, for example. Also, ADB is broke from the recovery side, so if we did want to do something manually before/after flashing, we can't.
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The current recovery for X2 is flawed. If I want to install a new ROM and a wipe is required, once that wipe is complete entering CWM is NOT an option. The recovery apk must be reinstalled to enter CWM. This is a problem if the ROM doesn't properly install, leaving the user high and dry. Only option is to enter stock recovery which is limited.
Hey, I opened eclipse parts to open bootstrap recovery and once I pressed recovery mode it acted like it was going to reboot into it normally but it just hung on the red M screen and I had to do a battery pull to get my phone running again. What caused this this time? About a week ago I had to sbf to 2.3.4 and reroot 2.3.5 then I just restored a eclipse 2.2.1 backup. Since then I flashed eclipse 2.3 over it and everything has been fine. This is the first time I've tried entering recovery though, is something screwed up?
Edit: yup every time I enter recovery it freezes at the M. An no, clicking install recovery does not help even though it says install successful.
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Are you running v6 supercharger?
Nope, stock Ec. 2.3
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Hmm, not sure then. You are using the CM7 and not the standard BSR? If so then I'm all out of ideas. lol...all two of them.
Hmm, looks like all of this got covered in the Eclipse thread anyways. Well, I guess you are out of luck and need to SBF. It sucks, but if you have a recent nandroid then it's not the worst thing ever.
Yea when the Dev tells you to wipe... i guess you gotta wipe. Lol thanks for your input.
Did you by chance install bsr before hitting the recovery button?
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(Not being a jerk, just saying) yea I said so in my op.
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Are you doing it this way?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318083<br />
Yup I've made backups and restored numerous times. The problem isn't not.knowing how to do it, its just that my recovery is suddenly gone. Nothing I can do currently to get the phone to boot into recovery.
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Sorry to hear that. Hopefully you'll get it sorted.
I had a simular issue with my droid x2 #5 (went threw 6 of them and said i had enough) but what i did was kept clicking install on the bootstrap it seemed to work i did it like 4 times. It also doesnt like to play nice with power strips sometimes. I also deleted the recovery using rootexplorer but i dont recommend that cause things can get all screwed up
Still having trouble?
This happened to me before a while ago.
I let it sit at the red M for what felt like forever and ur finally loaded BSR.
Yea, I've been told to do a wipe and start again but I just dont wanna do that so im hoping it will start working outta the blue lol. I'll try the new suggestions, thanks guys.
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Yea, I've been told to do a wipe and start again but I just dont wanna do that so im hoping it will start working outta the blue lol. I'll try the new suggestions, thanks guys.
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Yea i can definitely understand that
Just be patient with it
Make sure you have good amount of battery AND make sure you are defintly plugged into the wall outlet.
Also, make sure your charger isn't malfunctioning(plug in while phone is turned on, go to settings>Battery, make sure it says "Charging(AC)" and not "Charging(USB)" , I had the OEM charger that came with my x2 basically die on me and that's what happened before it croaked, it wouldn't recognize as being plugged.into a wall charger, and if the device doesn't see AC current coming in, it won't boot into BSR)
Another thing you can try to do is press charge mode within BSR app in Eclipse settings. Then reboot the device(reboot twice for good measure ) go back into settings,.eclipse settings,.bootstrap, and press install recovery(after it says.completed press it again a couple times just to be certain lol , let it tell you competed each time before you press it again) THEN plug phone into wall without leaving app, then press reboot recovery(or recovery mode,.sry.been a while i can't remember exactly what it says lol) and then walk away, go do the dishes or something or take a shower.
Hopefully that will get you in. Good luck!
You can also try doing a cache wipe from stock Android recovery. Never know, that might help, and you won't lose any data but doing that
I have really messed up. I cannot get into my phone at all. button reset starts after being plugged in for a few minutes then green light comes on when plugged in followed by, "Failed to Boot 1". Motorola of course shows but phone goes no further. We have tried everything we can think of including, all Verizon sbf's & intelos sbf's. Not sure what to do. My phone is a Motorola Droid X2 MB867.
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I have really messed up. I cannot get into my phone at all. button reset starts after being plugged in for a few minutes then green light comes on when plugged in followed by, "Failed to Boot 1". Motorola of course shows but phone goes no further. We have tried everything we can think of including, all Verizon sbf's & intelos sbf's. Not sure what to do. My phone is a Motorola Droid X2 MB867.
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Reinstall ddrivers, use latest rsd lite or sbf flash, reflash with Verizon android 2.3.4. Failed to boot 1 is a bootloader failure if I remember right. Keep trying till it boots.
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Reinstall ddrivers, use latest rsd lite or sbf flash, reflash with Verizon android 2.3.4. Failed to boot 1 is a bootloader failure if I remember right. Keep trying till it boots.
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I think I may be missing something; if I cannot get the phone to come on at all except for a couple of minutes when it states Failed to Boot 1, then how do I go about proceeding?
Beth
e.penrose1 said:
I think I may be missing something; if I cannot get the phone to come on at all except for a couple of minutes when it states Failed to Boot 1, then how do I go about proceeding?
Beth
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make sure its completely off then start the phone holding up on the volume rocker. that should bring it into rsd mode. if it wont stay on that usually means the battery is low and it needs to be charged before flashing. however it will not charge the battery in the state its in now.
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I think I may be missing something; if I cannot get the phone to come on at all except for a couple of minutes when it states Failed to Boot 1, then how do I go about proceeding?
Beth
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I really appreciate everything you are doing to help me. I do have one more detail to add. I have been running eclipse with only one problem, the data never worked. My wifi worked fine but never any data. Any ideas would be wonderful.
Thank you Again,
Beth
Got Battery (x3) Same Story
Lrs121 said:
make sure its completely off then start the phone holding up on the volume rocker. that should bring it into rsd mode. if it wont stay on that usually means the battery is low and it needs to be charged before flashing. however it will not charge the battery in the state its in now.
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Well, one exception, I am no longer getting "Battery to Low to Flash"....
I have RSD Lite, Daytona & nTelos SBF via your files (Thank you). Help Please
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e.penrose1 said:
Well, one exception, I am no longer getting "Battery to Low to Flash"....
I have RSD Lite, Daytona & nTelos SBF via your files (Thank you). Help Please
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If I had known you had the milestone x2 I would never have recommend red lite. It erases your carrier files which removes your ability to have a 3g data connection the only way to fix it is to go to your carrier and have them rewrite their files to it. However you need a fully functional stock ROM for that to work. Check out this thread I has everything you need to know about messing with the mx2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2101633
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Tried & Tested
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If I had known you had the milestone x2 I would never have recommend red lite. It erases your carrier files which removes your ability to have a 3g data connection the only way to fix it is to go to your carrier and have them rewrite their files to it. However you need a fully functional stock ROM for that to work. Check out this thread I has everything you need to know about messing with the mx2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2101633
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I thank you but, I have been looking at that thread and to say the least my brain is fried. Should anyone want to trade a working touchscreen android for Verizon for an experiment I am game lol. Being without a phone is almost calming and peaceful but, NOT.
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I thank you but, I have been looking at that thread and to say the least my brain is fried. Should anyone want to trade a working touchscreen android for Verizon for an experiment I am game lol. Being without a phone is almost calming and peaceful but, NOT.
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He did a lot of experiments I was more referring to the start of the thread which explains how to root, flash and also restore to stock
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I have tried them all with no result thank you though.
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I have tried them all with no result thank you though.
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Then I'd have to say its time to talk to the carrier
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Lrs121 said:
If I had known you had the milestone x2 I would never have recommend red lite. It erases your carrier files which removes your ability to have a 3g data connection the only way to fix it is to go to your carrier and have them rewrite their files to it. However you need a fully functional stock ROM for that to work. Check out this thread I has everything you need to know about messing with the mx2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2101633
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Got it although I am not sure how, a combination of RSD Lite, Experia Flasher, Easy SBF among others.
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Got it although I am not sure how, a combination of RSD Lite, Experia Flasher, Easy SBF among others.
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What ever works for you
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